It is inflicted both on the feet and hands: for the former they use an instrument called kia-quen, composed of three cross pieces of wood; that in the middle is fixed, the two other move and turn about; between these the feet are put, and squeezed so violently that the ancle bone is rendered quite flat.

This island takes the form of a dog to frighten travelers, and is named Kanehunamoku.] [Footnote 53: The season for the bird catcher, _kanaka kia manu_, lay between March and May, when the _lehua_ flowers were in bloom in the upland forest, where the birds of bright plumage congregated, especially the honey eaters, with their long-curved bill, shaped like an insect's proboscis.

NO THANX! if i am going to spend that kind of money on a rifle, it would either be a real target rimfire or a good centerfire. to me it makes no sense to try to make a real target rifle out of a ordinary plinker. it is like buying a kia, replacing everything but the radiator cap to try to make a porshe. just buy the real thing and be much happier!